On Mar 16, 2011, at 8:00 PM, SherjilOzair wrote:

> Hello Mr. Ondrej,
> 
> Actually I have a good experience of python but I have never used
> sympy before.
> How do you recommend I get started learning it ? I'm currently
> learning it by using it.
> But I also need to understand the behind-the-scenes working. Which
> files in the source code should I read for starters ?
> 
> I'm interested in doing this project for GSoC :
> ____
> 
> implement efficient multivariate polynomials (arithmetics, gcd,
> factorization)
> choose a polynomial representation (e.g. recursive dense) or use task
> dependent representations
> implement efficient arithmetics (e.g. using geobuckets (Yan) or heaps
> (Monagan & Pearce))
> implement factorization algorithm (Musser's or Wang's EEZ (better))
> and gcd (e.g. EEZ-GCD)
> provide high-level OO abstraction over polynomial tools you've
> developed
> ____
> 
> I have a good math background, and have taken an abstract algebra
> course in IIT, which dealt extensively with polynomial rings.
> Is this project big enough for a whole summer ?

Yes, it should be.

> 
> Thank you for your response and direction. I'm on the easy to fix list
> now. But some of the bugs are very old, and corrected.
> How to know which bugs have not been corrected ?

If an issue is open, then the bug should still be existing (Google Code will 
only show you open issues by default).  If you find an open issue where the bug 
has been fixed, then please comment on it, as it should be closed.

Aaron Meurer

> Regards,
> Sherjil Ozair
> 
> On Mar 17, 6:25 am, Ondrej Certik <ond...@certik.cz> wrote:
>> Hi Sherjil,
>> 
>> On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 3:50 PM, SherjilOzair <sherjiloz...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi, My name is Sherjil, and I'm a first year Engineering student in
>>> IIT Delhi, India.
>>> I have some coding experience, and I'm very interested in putting math
>>> and code together for sympy.
>> 
>> Thanks for your email and your interest!
>> 
>>> Could you suggest me a small project in sympy to help me get started.
>> 
>> There are all kinds of projects, it very much depends, what you are
>> interested in. As a start, try to fix any of these easy to fix issues:
>> 
>> http://code.google.com/p/sympy/issues/list?q=label:EasyToFix
>> 
>> this will get you up an running. Ask, if you have any questions.
>> 
>> Looking forward,
>> Ondrej
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